Prior to the summer's start, I speculated about a tentative reading schedule. One revision happened right as it began; a second revision happens now. This is a direct result of a chapter proposal being accepted for Rhetoric/Composition/Play. Given the focus of that collection as well as my proposed chapter, I might as well take advantage of what's left of the summer and get some good, honest research going.
This is not to imply, of course, that the old reading schedule wasn't research-oriented, only that it was rather unfocused. I had no grand plan in mind when I began. I should also mention that some badgering from Jeff Rice about how I overlooked his Rhetoric of Cool was a first impetus for rethinking my summer reading. That I'll be closing out the summer with that very book probably says more about me than I'm willing to admit.
Old reading schedule
May 1 - Hamlet on the Holodeck
May 8 – The Meaning of Video Games
May 15 – Persuasive Games
May 22 – DIY U
May 29 – The Academic Self / The Gift of Death
June 5 – Games of Empire
June 12 – A Better Pencil
June 19 – The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
June 26 – Writing at the End of the World
July 3 – The Wisdom of Crowds
July 10 – A Counter-History of Composition
July 17 – Understanding Video Games
July 24 – Remix
July 31 – Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
August 7 – The Wealth of Networks
August 14 – Mechanisms
August 21 – Protocol
August 28 – Always On
New reading schedule
July 17 - Persuasive Games, Ian Bogost
July 24 - Man, Play and Games, Roger Callois
July 31 - Expressive Processing, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
August 7 - Homo Ludens, John Huizinga
August 14 - Mechanism, Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
August 21 - Protocol, Alexander R. Galloway
August 28 - Rhetoric of Cool, Jeff Rice
As mentioned in previous entries, I welcome additions, deletions and even suggestions for reorganization.